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Swahili
Etymology
Reduplication of aste (“slow”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
asteaste
- slowly, carefully
- Synonyms: polepole, taratibu
References
- ^ Lodhi, Abdulaziz Y. (2000) Oriental Influences in Swahili: a study in language and culture contacts, Göteborg: Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis, →ISBN, page 121: “the reduplicated adverb aste-aste (slowly, very slowly, carefully)”